Target box



Dec. v19, 1922.

L. A. GRIFFIN.

TARGET Box. FILED JUNE I0. 1921.

, Zar/ze 6h77@ llotentotl Ellen, llt??? Application filet?. lune 10,

,To all '1o/1,0m 'N' may conc/H' ,y

lle it known that lg Lonnie ,-1 t nunon, n citizen oli' the United Ste"l oli lronstoiu in the eeuu.;A Stelle of lllinois have invented :i newund useful lmprereme lftrxes, ot which the 'tollen' M Ys :i "full, clconcise, sind exact descrintioikv ret ing' hed to the acconuninying iforming o port ot this speci{iestionr Illy invention relates to enimproved teit net hm: foi use in cmlneetion with taillis or receptaclesof the type iu which ashes ore deposited hy the discharge conduits ol'fish conveyor systent. The ohject et the infr tion is to provide e.,

et hor comprising Ineens for causing A the oshe.- Aich orc dischargedinto the target hei; with `were or less violence`r to settle lightlydown into the tank or receptacle so that the :ishes they he easilyremoved from the trink or receptacle when occasion reiuires. l have"found th L" the ashes deposited in 'the ordinary type of ssh receptacleare thrown down into 'the sonne with inore or less yiolence. Since theashes ore usually more or less wel; when, deposited in the receptacle itis `mind that they tend to form o, hard l'oelolile which een hedisintegrated removed only with greet dillieulty. ll/ly inventionreduces this kind of' trouble to a ininiinun'i,

ln the accompanying* drawing illustrating' my invention, Figure l. is operspective with certain ports broken Waye illustrating; the target hexoi my invention in operativo position upon on ash tank, end

Figure 2 is o vertical sectional View oit the ports shown in Figure l.

Referring' to the drawing, :it 3 l have illustrated n tank or :ishreceptacle which may he formed of any fu'xitsl'ile umtei'iuh hut is hereshown heit. construetml o1" vow crete. The tzuili hos n tint ton inwhich is provided ft square or reelojngfulor opening /1. The sides,ends1 end ton oit the to hor; herein shown ore Vformed o'l" matchedhoorde, preferably (mln the hor; being.; open ot lhc hot-tom sindrestino; upon the loo ol the tool-t With the open side oli the hex rco*,eringg with the opening` 4l. Tl'ie hott is retained in position in anysuitehle mennen The ssh conveyoi` discharge conduit 5 enters the targethex hoizontolly at the upper central portion of one of its end Wells.Carried upon the inner surface of the end woll which lies opposite thedischiugfe conduit .inspect plete which 'fofuled ol l .e i otlur `Yci'gffzipohle oli ting; :he nlunsiie notion. oit the ashes which ere thrownviolently oggzunst it when l ssh toiu'eyoi held in position. ineens notshown,

ljoeetet helenvv the oistin operation. Pluto 6 is 'y ltol'ts oi" othersuitable C is o. shell: the

several hoorde ot the she 't hei,1 l suono.' hy cleats carried hy the leond end Wells o1? the hof:A Forming; keit ot the hex is o, hem o whichslonls donfnufordljff from the horA end Well through `which the conveyordischarge conduit extends, the hottie extendfh ik opening; e.) and tet:ishes sliding' oli the shellE to the inclined heillle 8F which ,ein esthere dowmvsrdly into The ashes slipping oil the the lower i the sh ietui oli the hnile dfcp into the tent', with ye y little velocity, andes o result they do not oole Wit-hin 'the bottoni of the tenlnnotwithsten din the toet that they moy contain` more or less moisture.

lllhile have descrihed my invention es it is :'pnlied to :i teniet honconstructed of Wood, it is to he undeifstood that other suit? ehlemateriels may he used Without in any Way deport-ing' lroin my invention.

Hoving); thus desclihed my invention, what l cloiin is new sind desire'to secure hy Letters Potent ol the llnitef States is:

l. .ln eoinhiuotion with en :ish reci'eptncle hrwingl :in onfnine in thetoo thereo'l on onen lmtouu lure-:ft hot carried hy the recenteelo und(lieg )sed orer "oid opening, :in :ich conveyor d i seh orge o' mdn i teuterin said hof; horizontally through one end ot the hor: und udnhtedto disehmnje oshes toward end against the onoosle end o'lE the hun, :thoriazoutul shell cori-led within the hon oud located :nljocent seidlost-mentioned end woll, seid shell extending entirely across the box ino loferol direction sind partially across the hon in longitudinaldiiection, and e, baille which slonts downwardly from the nystroentionedWell terminates Within the tank at a point beneath said shelf, the upperend ot the bailie being located beneath the point where the aforesaiddischarge conduit enters the target box.

2. In combination with an ash receptacle having an opening in the topthereof, an open bottomed target boi; disposed over said opening, an ashconveyor discharge conduit entering the target box through one wallthereot', and adapted to discharge ashes toward and against the oppositewall thereof, a horizontal shelf disposed adjacent said last-mentionedwall and beneath the line in which ashes are discharged. by saidconduit, and a baille slanting` downwardly from said Erst-mentioned wallto a point within the ash receptacle and beneath said shelf, the upperend of said baflie being located beneath the discharge conduit.

3. A target boX of the class described coniprising an open bottomed box,an ash conveyor discharge conduit entering said box through an openingin the upper portion of one of its end walls and adapted to dischargeashes toward and against the opposite end wall of the box, a horizontalshelf dis osed adjacent said last-mentioned end wa l and below saiddischarge conduit, and a baiile slanting downwardly from the iirstmentioned end wall to a point beneath said shelf, the upper portion ofsaid baiiie being` located below said discharge conduit.

In witness whereof I hereunto subscribe my naine this 2nd day of June,1921.

LOB-NE A. GRIFFIN. lditnesses W. L. LoA'r, GUY S. HAMILTON.

